DTC!!!

Dossier to China!

June 24, 2008

Change for Orphans

Make this summer a Summer of Change through
Shaohannah's Hope's Change for Orphans campaign!

This afternoon we were browsing through the Show Hope website
reading the Change for Orphans testimonials and look what we found...

See the page here Scroll down to the bottom and look at the left hand side!
Yes, that is Chayah's picture on the Show Hope website! We were all so excited to see it!
Full size picture of my beautiful sister:

This summer, support Shaohannah's Hope.
Collect and give your loose change to change the life of an orphan.
Make this summer a summer of change.
Get out there and change your world for orphans!

My Beautiful Mei Mei

We got new pictures of Chayah from a fellow adoptive family (Thank you SO much, Beth and family!!!!) I am so thrilled to get more pictures of my beautiful little sister- I just want her home! No new news about our dossier. It is still at our agency under final review and hopefully it will be off to China within a week. These new pictures of Chayah are very encouraging during the wait- she is so beautiful and I love her so much!

ChipIn

To raise money for the Orphanage Donation for Chayah's adoption I have added a ChipIn box to the sidebar of the blog. ChipIn is secure and all of the money goes directly towards the orphanage donation for Chayah's adoption. A required orphanage donation of $3,000 is required while in China adopting your child. I am hoping to help my family's adoption of Chayah by fundraising for her orphanage donation. If you would like to donate please select the "Chip In" button. Also, please leave your name in a comment or email me at bound4meimei@yahoo.com if you would like your name added to a list of "Contributers of Chayah's adoption" on the sidebar. Thank you so much!

Fundraising

Scroll down the blog and look to the right hand side of the blog at the fundraising thermometer. We are at $13,447. Which is over 65% of the total! I am so overjoyed with this!! God is so good!!!! A HUGE thank you to everyone who has given to Chayah's adoption!!! There is only about $6,000 left to raise now! I am trying to think about fundraising ideas. If anyone has any ideas, please share! Also, I was looking at getting a cafepress store to support the adoption as well. I'm am trying to figure out how it works, so if you know, please leave a comment! Thank you and I can't wait to read everyone's ideas on fundraisers!

Dossier Complete

All of our documents came back from the Consulate yesterday and everything has been sent off to our agency, CCAI! I am so thrilled that the paper chase is finally coming to its end! It does seem like it will go on forever at times, but there does come a day when it is finally complete! CCAI will now review everything and it will hopefully be off to China soon!

A Second Care Package for Chayah

Sarah showing Chayah's care package

Contents:
Dora Doll: a soft body doll that she can hug with long hair that comes with a brush that she can play with. For Sarah, we sent her a Carter's doll, but we thought that might be a little too babyish for a almost six year old, so we were very happy when we found this Dora doll.
Girly Stuff: necklaces with matching bracelets, hair clippies that are colorful and sparkly and will work in short hair, Dora stick on earrings and rings, and matching Dora socks.
Camera: We are sending a two pack of disposable cameras. We hope that Chayah's nannies, and even Chayah herself will be able to take pictures of things that are important to her and her life in China and then we hope to get them back and get them developed for Chayah to keep.
Things to Share: Because Chayah's orphanage is a small orphanage where the kids are so close, we also wanted to send gifts that Chayah will be able to share with her friends. They include a beach ball, two Dalmatian color books, and two soft puzzles, one Princess and the other Pooh. I'm glad we did this because in these pictures from her getting her first care package, you can see how interested all the other children look. It's sad because most of the children do not have families waiting for them, I don't want any of them feeling forgotten. I hope these are gifts that all of the kids will be able to enjoy.